‘American Horror Story’ Season 7 Tackling 2016 Election, Says Murphy

As if the American Horror Story name didn’t prove topical enough during the 2016 election, Season 7 may make the connection literal. Creator Ryan Murphy claims that next season will follow “the election that we just went through,” but how specifically might he mean?

I don’t have a title, but the season that we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through … I think that will be interesting for a lot of people.

Seemingly caught off-guard, host Andy Cohen inquired if that would include a portrayal of Donald Trump, to which Murphy offered “Maybe.” For the record, it isn’t entirely clear if Murphy meant to suggest that American Horror Story Season 7 would feature an election story paralleling ours, or a literal (if likely horror-tinged) retelling.